Radio Frequency Identification Tagging: A Novel Approach to Monitoring Surface and Subterranean Insects

摘要

Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags were attached to hunting billbug, Sphenophorus venatus vestitus Chittenden (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and implanted into the abdomen of tawny mole crickets, Scapteriscus vicinus Scudder (Orthoptera: Scapteriscus), to evaluate their utility for monitoring and quantifying the movement and behavior of these turfgrass pests. Although the addition of the tags affected survival, there was sufficient survival to justify additional evaluation of the technique. Ourdata suggest that RFID marking can be a useful method for elucidating the location and behavior of surface-dwelling and subterranean insects.